Påbod eller fritt val? : unge muslimske jenter sine grunngjevnader og refleksjonar rundt å bruke hijab eller ikkje

2019

Masteroppgave religion REL500 - Universitetet i Agder 2019 This master thesis involves what justifications and reflections young Muslim girls have for using the hijab or not. Through depth-interviews of 15 youths, aged between 13 and 19 at different schools in two regions in Norway who did and did not wear the hijab, this thesis closely examines their thoughts regarding the Islamic headscarf. Through my work with responses from the informants, a pattern centering round whether they viewed wearing the hijab as a religious injunction or as a free choice rapidly emerged. Exactly this was the foundation for why parts of the title contain the question «Injunction or free choice?”. As a basis for…